Rotary plow.



C. H. VAN NOSTRND.

ROTARY PLOW.

APPLxoATIoN umn HAY la. um@A 955,297. Patented Apr. i9, MMU.

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C. H. VAN NOSTRAND.

ROTARY PLOW.

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C. H. VAN NOSTRAND.

ROTARY PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAYXB, 1009 1 qvll'ucmcn CHARLES H. VAN NOSTBAND, OF OMAHA. NEBRASKA.

ROTARY PLOW.

lpeoilcation o! Lettera Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1010.

Application tiled Hay 1B. i909. Serial No. 496,861.

'l'o ull whom il muy romrrn:

lie il known that l, (`i|.\iu.i-;.-. ll. VAN Nos- 'riulxin va l'itizeii of the United States, icsilliiipr at Uiiialia` in the county of Douglas ilnd Stato of Nebraska, have invented cci'- taiii new und useful Improvementsin llotary llows, of which the following is a siweilieation.

The iliveiitioii relatesl to a rotary plow.

'llie ohjeet of the present invention is to improve the construction of ,rotary plows, and to provide a simple and coiiiparntively inexpensive one, adapted to be operated at the expenditure of a iuiiiiinuiu amount of poner, and rapahle of preparing the soil with great rapiditydor the planting of seed.

Another object ofthe invention is to ii'uville. a self cleaning rotary plow of this e iur- :ll-ter. adapted willi a relatively slight expenditure ol' force to elevate tluI soil :l short distant-e above the ground, and to pulvci'ize the soil and canse the salue to fall at the back of the machine in u linelv divided condition. so that a planter may be used in connection with the machine ffii' .sowing thel sel-il as the rotary plow tra i'els over the land.

\\'ilh these and other objects in view, the invention consists iii the construction alul novel combination of parts hereinafter fully deserilu'd, illustrated in thl` aeeonipnlrving drawingsalnl pointed ont in the claims lil-reto appended; it heilig lllnlelstood lliat various changes iii the form, prliportioii` size and iuinor details of construction, witlli'.. the scope ol' the claims. may be remi'ted to without departing from the spirit oi' sacritieing any of the advantages of the invenlllin.

ln tln` drawings:-l"igilre l is a pers wclive. view of a rotary plow. constructcl in accordant-e with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sel-tional view of the saine. Fig. il is a transverse seetioilul view on the line Il Il of Fig. 2. ll'ig. -i is a .similar view, taken lsubstantially on the lille 4--t of Fig. 2. llig. 5 is n plan view of a ioi'tioii of the traction drinn or cylinder. il nsti-ating the nrrangenn-nt of the teeth. l-`ig.t is ai'. levatioii of one ol' the sections ofthe rotary lullverizing and cleaning device. tlie shaft licilig in section.' Fig. 'l' is a detail view ol' one of the teeth of thc plow. Fig. 8 is n sel'- tioiial view on the line SWS of Fig. 6.

Like numerals of reference designate coiresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The rotary plow comprises in its construetioii a hollow traction` drum or cylinder 1, designe to lie constructed of boiler iron or other suitable material, and connected with a transverse shaft or axle 2 by means of circular end frames or spiders 3, consisting of central lilih portions 4 to receive the shaft. or axle, radial arias or spokes 5 and an annular rini 6, fitting within the cylindrical shell or di'niii 1 lind secured to the suine by suitable fastening devices. The axle is journaled in suitable bearings 7 of a supportin fraaie 8, located below the horixonlal pllane of the axle to arrange the center of gravity of thc machine at a low point, and there )y ireventing the machine from becoming topiieavy, und eliminating any tendency of the same to overturn. The bearings 'l' may be of any referred construction, and the axle is ex ended beyond the sides of tlie frame to provide laterally projecting spindles t). adapted to receive cai'rg-a ing wheels 10, which are designed to placed on the :fills of the axle, when it is desired to transfer the machine from one place to another. The cari' ing wheels 10 arc dctacliuhly secured upon he spindle portions of the axle b means of keys 11, or other suitable fastening means, and tbe front of the frame is preferably supported by a caster wheel 12, which is connected with suitable steering mechanism 18. by means of which the rotary plow or cultivating machine is guided over the land. .is the steering mechanism does not constitute a portion of the resent invention, a detail description thereotpis deemed inmeceary.

'llie supporting frame, which may be of any preferred construction, preferably consists of channeled iron beams, being coniposed of two sides, connected at the back y a transverse cnd portion and having their front portions converged and connected togetlier at the front of the freine. The frame iprovided at4 its front portion in advance of the traction cylinder or drum with a suitable platform 14, upon which is mounted a gas engine 15, or other suitable motor for o )ei-ating the machine. In practice a lilitalile seat for the accommodation of the o erator will be provided at the platform 4. Set. collars 16 are mounted on the shaft 2 und interposed between the carrying wheels and the bearings at the outer sides thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The end frames or spiders of the drlim or cylinder are keyed or otherwise secured to tio axle, and `spaein r sleeves l are iliterposed between the ent frames or spiders and the bearings at the inner sides thereof.

Darin the operatoii of the. machine, the

weight tiereof is principally supported by.

the traction cylinder or druni, the carrying wheels being removed in order that the cylinder or drniii may rest upon the ground, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and .2 of the drawings. The traction eylinder'm drain is equipped at its face with diagonal rows of teeth 18, curved sl., tly in the direction of the rotation of the drum or cylinder and arranged at an acute angle to the face of the drum or cylinder. In practice the curvature of the tooth preferably consists of an arc of a circle, the radius of which is one half that of the drum or cylinder. each tooth to be inserted in the ground throughout its entire length at the saine goint or place where the terminal of the tooth rst enters the ground, so that the teetn will enter the ground in a manner which will offer a minimum resistance to the forward rollin movement of the traction drum or cylin er. There is no tcndenc of thc teeth to tear up the ground until tiey arrive at the vertical center of the drum or cylinder and are in position for elevating a stri) of soil. 'Ilie teeth at the lower portion o the. front of the drain or c 'linden see Fig. 2 of the drawin s, curve ownwardlv'and the forward ro ing of tho drum or cy ir a' will carry each tooth an easy movement of the same into the soil, the blade being gradually inserted in the ound until the vertical center of the drum ies directly above the root or shank of the tooth. The continued forward rolling or rotary movement. of the druni or cylinder over the ground o `rates as a lever, the 'tooth constituting the iiliort arin thereof and the lon arm extending from the bottom of the cylinder to the top of a lar e sprocket wheel 19, whei'eb the soil is casi y separated from the vroun The curvature of the blades pr uces a relatively slow penetration of the 'round and a relatively rapid elevating of t ie soil at the back of the traction drinn or cylinder. The blades besides operating cultivating devices also serve as traction devices und secure a positive and uniform movement of the traction cylinder or drinn, when the power is applied. Each tooth, which is preferably rounded at thc outer end, consists of an oblong blade or body portion, rovided at the inner end with a shank 20, piercing the cylindrical shell or drum and liavilig iti,l terminal portion 2l threaded for the reception of a nut 22, engaging the inner face of the drinn or tooth is rovided at the juncture of the shank an the blade with l. plate 23, which fits against the outer face of the cylinder to the ground, and cause l l l ll l l l l l cylinder. 'l`he 1 Iof soil is separated sumas? or drum. The tooth is also reinforced at the baek of the curved blade or soil-engaging portion with a longitudinal web 24, tapered outwardly and connected with the plate 22' and the back 0f the tooth. The tooth is provided at the outer face. of the plate .23 with enlargement` 25, located in aliiieinent with and forming a continuation of the shank and reinforcing the tooth at the juncture of the blade, the web and the plate 23. liiordei to prevent rotary niovenient of the lShank 2t) in the opening of the shell or drinn, the former is provided adjacent to the inner face ot' the pi. e Q3 with a rectangular lug 26, fitting i" a c `rres. )onding recess of the drniii or cylinder an constituting a hey. 'llie diagonal rowa of teeth are arrangd at regular intervals, and the This causes distance between each tooth of a row is uniform. '1`he last tooth of one row is located directly` oppohite the first tooth of the ne.\t succeet ing row. The teeth of each row relatively eiigage the ground and when a strip from the ground the separation starts at one end of the strip aiid at vant-cs rapidly to the other end of the :trip during the forward rotary movement of the e lindcr, so that. the machine is not: subjecte( dent to a simultaneous separation of the strip of soil throurhout the entire length then-of, and expent iture of power is cories ioudingly minimized. Each blade is set in tlie traction drinn or cylinder with its front face .square to the front, and the front faces ot' the teeth of each dnigoiial row are ai'- ranged in different. transverse planes, bein r dihposed in angular relation to the length o the row. This enables each row of teeth to elevate the :strip of soil separated from the ground. 'l`he rowal of teeth diverge slightly from each other, and the lifting of the soil h v one diagonal row rauhen a iaeking of the soil againat the faces of the lifting teeth and a corres onding .separation of the soil from the haelt of the receding row of teeth, which facilitatol tie complete ienioval of the soil from the traction druni orc linder h v a combined pulverizing and c eaning device 27.

'l`he combined pulverizing aml cleaning device 2T is ctnulmed of a series of sections, keyed or otherwise secured to a rear transverse shaft 38. which is 'ournaled in suitablebearings of the frame o the machine. Each section of the pulverizing and cleaning device consists of a hub member 2t) and a series of staggered blades or members 30, alternately secured to o posite sides of .a central eil-cular web 31 o the hub member. The

,hub member is provided at opposite sides to the strani and iesistance inci.

bolt M. The outer engagin portions of the blades ,"-0 are tapered, two b ados being preferabl made from u single piece of inuteria? y cuttin the sume da onally. '1 he pulverizing am cleaning blau es 30, which are preferably reeilient: curve outward in o poeite directions, as early illustrated -m l 4 of the drawn and their terminals jug clear the face o the traction drum or cylinder and are arranged to operate adpoent. to tbe side edges of Athe teeth of the traction cylinder or drum, both in the annular cee between the teeth and at the onter of the terminal teeth of the diagonal rows. The ulverizing and cleaning device ia located a ve the ground in order to operate at a high rate of speed and 1t intersects the 'path of movement of the teeth of the traction wheel or drum and operates to graduall clean the teeth throughout their entire Lngth, the teeth 18 being owly advanced toward and moved through the rapidly rotated ulverizinfn and cleamn l device. The blades of the atter cut into t ie elevated soil and pulverize the same, breaking up the elevated strip nt each side of the teeth 18 and causing the same to fall from the teeth. The pulverixing and cleaning d evieaiarotatedata rateofspeedin orda' to operate more e ectivel on the elerated soil, and also to render it self cleani by throwing ol any elods, stones, or :ger accumulation centrifugal force. Should any of the soil lodge back aa'of the teeth 18 and be carried upward benai ond the pulveriai and cleaning device lha upward inclination of the teeth will een. the soil to drop from thorn, and the lnal cieanin of the traction drum or cylinder is deugd through the medium of a transverse my of scraper 85, eonsistipg of drips of reealient metal, or other suitable material, secured at their lower cada to u transvcri-e su porting bar Bti and curved uupwanlly an forwardly, and provided'at eir upper ends with tcnninal hook-shaptxl portionu 87, which extend downward to and the face of the traction drum or cylin between thc tccth, as clearly illus'- trated in Fig. l of the drawinga. The cnends of the scrapcrs are beveled, and an l apted to remove the soil adhering to the facc of the drum. The tmnsvcrso har 86 has its terminal portions bent downward and extends outward and secured to the )nain frame of the machine at'oppooite sides thereof. This arches the bar 86 over the mtar pulverizing and cleaning device, whic in practice in located as clone 'to the groimd and to the traction cylinder or drum an practicable, in order to render as short as possible the distance the severed soil is levated by the teeth of the cylinder or rum.

The traction cylinder or drum is provided at opposite sides with annular .writ-a ot' sodcuttlng blades Sift. having inncr attaching portions and tapcrcd outwardly. 'l`lu` sodcutting hladcs 38. which nrc rirctcd or otherwise sccu'rcd to thc rima of tht` cud frnnns or spiders, ulc locatcd at thc rndof tho spacca hetwccn thc diagonal rows ot' tlntecth 18, alul thcy operate to cnt thc sod and sever the soil at tlucnd of thc st rip carried u )ward hy the tccth of the cylinder or drinn. Il desired, onc row of sod-cutting hlndcs may lic omitted as thc hludcs at. one side of the machine will successively scri-r the sod at thc cnds of thc strips, if thc niuchinc is operated .continuoimly to thc loft or to tht` right, as is customary with agricultural Inaelnnes. Ilowcvcr, hy equi ping thc niachine with blades at each en( of thc drum or linder, the nmchine may hc oprratcd to 'the right or to the left or in any other inanncr. 'lhc sod-cutting blades 3H at onc end of thc druln or cylinder are located directly opposite those at. thc other cud, and they cna e the stri s of soil elevated hy the rows of teeth to he more ca'Hilv and complctcly Se arutcd from tht` ground.

lhe s )rocket whccl li), which is secured to one oft le end frames or spidcrs of the druln or cylinder, is conncctcd by a sprocket chain ttt) with n s rocket pinion 4() of a front transvcrsc sha t. 41, having a worin wheel 42, which is actuated hy a worm 43 of thc power shaft of the cnginc or motor l5. When thc cugino is started, a slow rotary movement is imparted to thc traction drum or cylinder through thc spits-kot, gearing. and u poaitivt` advance of the machine will hc etl'cctt-d through thc enga 'cincnt of thc tccth 1H with iho ground. whic i, owing to their easy pouetlutlon, otlcr a minimum wsistuncc in the forward movement. of the machine. 'Ihc pulvcrizin r and cleaning device is' driven at a rrlutivc y high rate of s ccd through sprwket. gearing, located at. the side of thc machine oppoaitt` that at which thc sprmekct wheel It) is arraniawl` and consistingof a longitudinally disposml sprocket chain 4 i, a front. sprocket whccl 45 and a rcar s rock'ct pinion 46. 'llufront spun-kot w iccl is mounted ou thc front tranvcrsc shaft 4l, and thc rear Hprockct pinion 46 ia keyed or otherwise accurcd to thc shaft 2H, of thc pnlvorizcr und clcancr. 'lhc front transverses shaft 4l is 'ourualcd iu suitahlc Iwan-ings at oppmite sit cs of thc main fralnc. und it may he driven hy any other form of gearing, if desired.

After the operation of plowing ia conlplcted and it is desired to transfer thc inachine from one place or field to another. it is jacked up aud the carrying wheels applied to thc spindle and the axlc. The carrying whccls are fixed to the aahl by lucana ot keys 11, which pierce thc outer ends of thc hubs of the carrying wheels, and as the lattcr are of greater diameter than the drain or cylinder with its projecting teeth, the nia; eliinc will travel with increased rapidity when supported on its carrying wheels.

llaving thus fully described in v invention. what l claim :is new and desire to secure by litltel'ts lalcllt` ls2- l. rotary plow including a main frame, :t traction druni -..\r cylinder supporting the frame and pi'ovided with combined traction and cultivatingr teeth proiecting from the face ol' the drum or cylinder and arranged to pierce the ground, means carried by the. frame and connected with the druni or eyluler for rotating the saine lo propel the plow, .said drum or cylinder being provided with extended journals projecting beyond the frame. and carrying wheels` ol' greater diameter than the drum or rvlinder :unl the teeth thereof adapted to be lixed to the said journals for su porting the drum or cylinder and the teetli thereof clear ofthe ground.

.Z. A rotary plow including a frame` a traction drinn or cvliiider supporting the fraiiie and arranged to roll on the ground and provided with diagoiiiil rows of fixed combined cultivating and traction teeth extendinf.r in the direction of the rotation of the drain or cylinder, each tooth having a curvature to canse it to ienetrate tlie ground throughout its entire length at the saine point through the forward rolling of the drinn or cylinder.

3. rotary plow' including a frame. a traction drinn or cylinder supporting the frame and arranged to roll on the ground and provided with diagonal rows of tixed combined cultivating and triictioii teeth extending iii the direction of the rotation of the drum or cylinder, each tooth having a curvature to cause it to ienetratc the ground throughout its entire llength at the saine point through the forward rollinr of the drinn or cylinder. and the .said teet i having their front faces arranged straight to tlio front and at ditl'ereiit transverse planea in angular reliilioii to the diagonal plane of the rows of tlie teeth.

vl. A rotary plow including a fraine.a rotary druni or cylinder supporting the. frame and arranged to roll on the ground, teeth mounted oii the face of the drniii or cylinder and arranged in transverse rows. and an annular series of s )ated .sod-cutting blades mounted on the ruin or cylinder and projecting radially therefrom opposite the spaces between the rows of teeth.

5. A rotary )low iiiciudin' n fraine` a rotary traction lli-nin or cylint er supporting the l'ranie and arranged to roll on tho ground, combined cultivating and traction teeth projecting from tlnI face of the drinn or cylinder and arranged in transverse rows,l and spaced radially arranged sod-cutting blades mounted on tho drum or cylinder at `the ends thereof and located opposite the spaces between the rows of blades.

t5. A. rotary plow including a frame, a traction drum or cylinder supporting the frame and arranged to roll on the ground, diagomil rows of combined traction and cultivating teeth projecting from the faces of the drinn or cylinder, an annular series ol' sod-cutting blades secured to and spaced ametrieally opposite points and located o posite the spaces between the rows of teetlli.

'i'. i'otaryplow including n frame, a linielion drinn or cylinder supporting the frame and arranged to roll on the ground and provided with combined traction and cultivating teeth, each consiating of a xelatively long narrow oblong blade curved longitudinally, a shank formed integral with the blade ainl piercing the drum or cylinder, and a plate located at the uncture of the shank and the blade and ornied integral with the saine and tittin against the exterior ot' the drum or cylinder, and means for securing the shank to the said drum or cylinder.

'e'. rotary plow including a fraine, a traction drinn or cylinder supporting tho frame and arranged to roll on the ground ainl provided wit i teeth, each consistin of a relatively long narrow oblong `b ade rounded at the outer end and curved in the direction of the rotation of the drum or cylindex', the curvature of cach tooth being auch that the inner tooth ia forced into the ground at the saine point through the forward rolling movement of the drum or c liiider, a shank piercing the drum or c lin er and secured to tlio saaie, an int ra plate arranged at the juncture of the ank and the bliidc and titting against the outer face of the drinn or cylinder, and a tu. )ered web extending along the back of the blade and connected with the plate.

tl. A rotary plow including a fraine,-a traction drum or cylinder suppfrting the fraaie and arranged to roll 0n the gioiind,

jecting from the face of the drum or cyliiidcr nml arranged to enter tlie'gronnd at the front. of tho drniu or c linder and to lil't the soil at the back of t e same, and a rotary piilverizing and cleaning device arranged entirely clear of the ground and mounted below the fraaie and provided with blades operating between the teeth of the drain or cylinder to palverize the soil carried upward by the same and also to remove tlie soil from the said teeth to clean the Sllnlc. Y

10. A rotary plow including a frame, a traction drain or cylinder arranged to roll on the ground n nd provided with projecting teeth disposed in transverse rows, n. rotary pu'iverizing device inountcd below the frame at the ends of the druni or cylinder at, diico nbined traction and cultivating teeth pro` iio V:-'aid. teeth to clean the. latter. and inean.-

and arranged entirely clear of the giound pmvided with projwiing nienibers intersecting the path of iiiovenient of the row of teeth and operating between the hitter to pulverize the soil carried upward hy the for rotating.r the piilverizing device at a higher rate of .-peed than the druni or cylinder.

1l. i'otiiry plow including :i franie. a traction driiin or i'ylinder provided with bpaeed ieelli arranged to pierce the ground its tlii. dliiiii or cylinder rolls over tlie saine and adapted to lift the .-oil at the hack of the drinn or cylinder., and a rotary pulverizing and eleaning de'riee iiioiinted below the fraine and arranged entiiely clear of the ground and adjacent to the drinn or cylinder and provided with .staggered nienihei-s operating adjacent to the sides of ihc teeth of the drinn or cylinder to clean ilie raid teeth.

1L. mtai'y plow including a franie, ii traction d'riini or cylinder provided with spaced teeth arranged to pierce the ground as the drinn or cvliiider rolls over the naine and adapted to lift the soil at the hack of the drinn or cylinder. aial a' rotary piilverizing aiiil cleaning device mounted below the traine and arranged entirely clear oll the ground and eoniprifing a `ierieaof sections eoinpoa-d ot' a Iiiih-nieiiiber having ii web and thin nari-ow re.-ilieiit blades alternately Secured to thi` opposite faces 0f the web unil extending in op )esile directions towaril the adjacent teeth o the drinn or cylinder.

IIL rotary plow including a friiinc, a traction drinn 'or cylinder .-.iipporting the franie and provided with spaced teeth arranged to pierce the ground as the drinn or eylinder rolla over the sinne and adapted to lift the wil at the back of the drinn or cylinder. and a rotary piilverizing and cleaning dei'iee eoiii irising a lerica of sections-i eonipowd of a Ihuh ineinbei' having a central weh provided nl its side faee-i with spat-ed ribs arranged in pairs. and thin narrow tapering blades alternately arranged a' opposite Hide` of the web and aeritied between the ribfi und extending between the teeth of the ,ilt'iiiii or ey'linilel'. i

tl. rotary plow including a frame, a trai-tion drinn or cvlinder supporting the fraaie and arran 'ed to roll on the ground and provided wit icoinhiued cultivating and traet ion teeth, a rotary pulveriziiig and cleaning device nioiiuted below the franie and arranged clear ot' the ground and located at the buck and adjacent to the drinn or cylinder in position to inteiwct the patli of movement. of the teeth, und a ilurality of aeriipcra located above the pii veriziiig and cleaning device and having tei'niinal iortiona operating between the teeth of the ilrum or cylinder and arranged to scrape tbe soil freni the face of the said drinn or vlinder.

t5. rotary plow including a frame. a traction druni or cylinder provided with eonibined traction and cultivating teeth. and a plurality of resilient .-'crapei located at the hiiek of ilie drinn or cylinder and operating het weeii the teeth thereof and haring terminal portiona arranged to scrape the drinn or eylinder for removing the soil froin the fin-e of the sinne.

16. rotary plow including ii traction drinn or cylinder arranged to roll on the ground and provided with combined euhirating and traction teeth spaced apart, and a plurality of .seralwrs arranged at the hack of the drinn or eyliiidei and Secured at one end and having ii hwk-shaped engaging portion at the other end for scraping th.n loil froin the face of the cylinder.

1T. rotary plow including a traction di'iiiii or cylinder having spaced teeth. a. I

traim'ei'w support arranged in rear of the drinn or cylinder, and a series of Scrapers extending upward from the support toward the drain or cylinder and having hook shaped tcrininals urran d to sera c the soil froin the face of the dziiinn or cy inder.

18. rotary plow including a main frame. an axle mounted on the niain frame und haring exteiideil spindles. a rotary traction drinn or cylinder supporting the frame and arraiered to roll on t ie ground and provided with eonihined cultivating and traction teeth. carrying wheels of greater dnimeter tlniii the drinn or cylinder detachably inounted on the spindles and adapted to be reinored to pei-init the traction drum or cyliiider to roll along the ground, a front. transverse sha ft, ii relatively large sprocket wheel eoiinected with the drinn or cylinder at the end thereof. a sprocket. wheel mounted on the front transvenie. ahlft, ii sprocket chain arranged on the sprocket wlieel and the sprocket pinion, a rotvnry piilverizing device mounted on the frame at the back of the cylinder, gearing connecting the piilvcrizin device with the front tansven' aliaft, ann nieaini carried by the fraaie of the machine for actuating the front transverse xlnift.

1U. A rotary plow including ii traction drain or cylinder iiiran d to roll -on the ground and provided with transvemc rows of curved teeth adapted to separate a strip of soil froai the ground and carry the saine upward, and a rotary pnlveriznig and cleaning device mounted eutirelyclear of the ground and having teeth o )Ieriiting between the teeth of the drinn or cy inder at the hottoiii thereof aial arrangial to pulverize the Ht rip of soil carried upward by the annie.

20. A rotary plow iiicliidiii iiiiiiiiii friinie, a rotary traction drinn or cyander iiipporting the inain friiiiie and provided with coinhined tnictiinrjand cultivating teeth projecting friuli 'the f ace of the drinn or cylinder unil cuilcd` iii theI direction of the rouna tation thereof, the curvature of each tooth beinxt,r lsuch that. the entire tooth is forced into the ground at. the stone point through the forward rolling' movement of the tlrtnn or cylinder, said teeth being disposed in transverse rows and arranged to li ty a strilp of soil from the ground, and a rotary pu veri'lziln(r and cleaning de'tiee located entirely clear of the lground and arranged in rear of the cylinder and provided with teeth oper* ating between the teeth of the cylinder and adapted to pulverize the lstrip of soil carried upward by the same.

21. A rotary plow includiinra main frame, a rotary traction drum or cylinder supporting,r the main frame and provided with conibined traction und cnltivatin Y teeth projecting from the face of the drum or cyllnder and curved in the direction of the rotation thereof,` the curvature of each tooth being such that the entire tooth is forced into the ground atl the saine point through the forward rolling movement of the drum or cylinder, said teeth being arranged transversely of the drum or cylinder in diagonal rows and adapted to successively operate on and se arate a strip of soil from the ground and) carry the same upward, and a rotary pulverizng and cleaning device located entirely clear of the ,ground and provided with teeth operating between the teeth ot the drum or cylinder at the lower portion thereof and arran ed to pulverize the strip ol' ground lifted y the drum or cylindcr and also clean the teeth of the latter.

22. A rotary plow ineludingamain frame, a rotary traction drum or cylinder su port'.- ing the main frame and provided wit 1 combined traction und cultivating teeth projecting from the face of the drum or cylin` der and curved in the direction of the rotation thereof, the curvature of each tooth being such that the entire tooth is forced into the ground at the same point through the .forward rolling movement of the drum or cylinder, said teeth, being disposed in transverse rows and arranged to litt a stri of soil from the ground7 and a rotary pu verizixnY and cleaning device mounted entirely clear of the ground and provided with oppositcly extending resilient teeth. operating at the back of the drum or cylinder between the teeth thereof and arranged to pulverize the strip of soil carried upward by the drum or cylinder and also to clean the teeth of the latter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

CHARLES H. VAN NOSTRND, 'itnesses:

Jeuxv ll. Sloonns, IrzxnLr'roN Hoowsa. 

